CONVERSIONS
CONVERSIONS
CONVERSIONS
LINEAR
STATUE MILE = 5280 feet
= 1760 yards
1 NAUTICAL MILE = 6080 feet
1 LEAGUE = 3 NAUTICAL MILES
= 18240 feet
1 YARD = 3 feet
= 0.9144 m
1 METER = 100 cm
= 1000 mm
= 3.28 feet
= 1.093 yard
1 FOOT = 12 inches
1 INCH = 2.54 cm
= 25.4 mm
1 ROD = 5.5 yards
= 16.5 feet
1 FURLONG = 40 rods
= 220 yards
1 CABLE LENGTH = 720 feet
1 FATHOM = 6 feet
1 SPAN = 9 inches
1 VARA = 33.33 inches
1 MIL = 0.001 inch
AREA
1 HECTARE = 10,000 sq. m
= 11,960 sq. yards
1 ACRE = 43,560 sq. yards
= 4046.8 sq. m
= 0.4047 hectare
1 SQUARE METER = 10.76 sq. feet
= 1.195 sq. yard
VOLUME
1 QUART = 2 pints
1 US GALLON = 231 cu. Inches
= 3.7854 liters
= 4 quarts
1 BRITISH GALLON = 277.42 cu. Inches
1 CU. METER = 1000 liters
= 35.31cu. feet
= 264.2 US gallon
1 CU. FEET = 7.28 US gallon
= 28.32 liters
= 1728 cu. Inches
1 GANTA = 3 liters
= 8 chupas
1 CAVAN = 25 gantas
ANGLE
60 DEGREES = 2π radians
= 400 grads
= 6400 mils
= 1 rev
90 DEG = 100 grad
1 DEG = 60 min
1 MIN = 60 sec
POWER
1 HORSEPOWER = 550 ft-lb/sec
= 33,000 ft-lb/min
= 2545 Btu/hr
= 42.4 Btu/min
= 0.746 kw
= 746 watts
= 1.014 MHP
1 KW = 3413 Btu/hr
= kJ/sec
1 WATT = J/sec
1 MHP = 0.736 kw
1 BOILER HP =33,480 Btu/hr
= 35,322 kJ/hr
TEMPERATURE
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PRESSURE
1 ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE = 101.325 kPa
(ATM)
= 14.7 psi
= 760 mm HG
= 29.92 in. HG
= 1.033 KG/cm²
1 BAR = 100 kPa
1 Pa = 1 N/mm²
1 KPa = 1 KN/m²
= 1000 Pa
FLUIDS
1 POISE = 1 Dyne-sec/cm²
= 0.1 Pa-s
1 STROKE = 1 cm²/sec
= 0.001 m²/sec
1 lb-sec/ft² = 478.7 Poises
1 ft²/sec = 929 cm²/s
ft³/sec = 0.646 million gallons per
day(mgd)
= 448.8 gal/min (gpm)
1 m³/sec = 1000 lit/sec
= 35.31 ft³/sec
PROPERTIES OF AIR:
PROPERTIES OF WATER:
NUMERICAL PREFIXES
VALUE EXPONENT SYMBOL PREFIX
1 000 000 000 000 000 10¹⁸ E Exa
1 000 000 000 000 000 10¹⁵ P Peta
1 000 000 000 000 10¹² T Tera
1 000 000 000 10⁹ G Giga
1 000 000 10⁶ M Mega
1 000 10³ k kilo
100 10² h hecto
10 10¹ da deca
0.1 10⁻¹ d deci
0.01 10⁻² c centi
0.001 10⁻³ m milli
0.000 001 10⁻⁶ μ micro
0.000 000 001 10⁻⁹ n nano
0.000 000 000 001 10⁻¹² p pico
0.000 000 000 000 001 10⁻¹⁵ f femto
0.000 000 000 000 000 001 10⁻¹⁸ a atto